Research Catalog

English caricatures

Title
English caricatures [graphic].
Publication
1760-1769.

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Details

Description
31 prints : etching, engraving, mezzotint, some col.; 29.5 x 46.3 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Political and social caricatures from the reign of George III, arranged by date. Some relate to the Stamp Act, Covent Garden Theatre, and The Royal Academy of Arts. Most are anonymous. Several are signed by J. Orde.
Subject
  • Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
  • George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
  • Wilkes, John, 1727-1797
  • Covent Garden Theatre
  • Great Britain
  • Masquerades
Genre/Form
  • Allegories.
  • Caricatures – English – 1700-1799.
  • Prints – English – 1700-1799.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • Caricature Collection, Print Room.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Holdings checked in departmental copy of Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Division I: Political and Personal Satires, Vol. III & IV. Items not in British Museum catalogue are numbered in square brackets.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of Caricature Collection.
Contents
  • BM.3794 The Tythe Pig / J. June -- BM.3887 The Congress (trimmed) -- BM.3898 The Laird of the Boot, or Needs must when the De'el drives -- BM.3917 The Evacuation, or an Emetic for Old England, by a Scot (late impression) -- BM.4007 The Proclamation of Proclamations (colored) -- BM.4007 The Proclamation of Proclamations (uncolored) -- BM.4067 The Political Mouse-trap (lacking inscription) -- [BM.4097A] Riot at Covent Garden Theatre in 1763 -- BM.4124 The Tomb-stone -- BM.4140 The Repeal, or The Funeral of Miss Americ-Stamp -- BM.4164 An exact representation of the Customs at the Court of Blunderpole -- BM.4178 The Colossus -- [BM.4183A] La Grande Bretagne mutilé -- [BM.4183B] Magna Britannia: her Colonies Reduced -- [BM.4186A] Avaunt ye troublers of a World's repose -- BM.4206 Arms granted to John Wilkes, Esq. -- BM. 4213 A Figure that appear'd in a Mazarine Gown, at the King of Denmarks Masquerade Ball -- BM.4220 A Scene of a Pantamine lately Exhibited -- BM. 4230 The Wire Master, and his Puppet -- [BM.4252A] Smack the Coachman Tipling Within Doors -- [BM.4256A] The Refusal (mezzotint) -- BM.4264 [An unknown portrait] / J. Orde
  • [BM.4264A] [Old woman] / J. Orde -- [BM.4264B] [Old man with baskets and old woman with baskets] / J. Orde -- [BM.4264C] [Tall man with basket and short woman with basket] / J. Orde -- [BM.4264D] [Man with four baskets] / J. Orde -- BM.4268 Hieroglyphics -- BM.4271 A Consultation of Surgeons -- BM.4276 Grown Citizens learning to Dance -- BM.4296 The City Carriers.
Call Number
MEZYRK
OCLC
NYPG94-F65
Title
English caricatures [graphic].
Imprint
1760-1769.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite As:
Caricature Collection, Print Room.
Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copy of Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Division I: Political and Personal Satires, Vol. III & IV. Items not in British Museum catalogue are numbered in square brackets.
Linking Entry
Forms part of Caricature Collection.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Research Call Number
MEZYRK
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